Romney leads the state's polls, has spent years campaigning here and has a home on a nearby lake. He held an hour-long town hall meeting Friday outside of Manchester.

Perry's a much newer presidential candidate. The Texas governor filed his official paperwork to appear on the state's primary ballot, met briefly with voters and gave a boisterous speech to social conservatives.

The two men — one businesslike, calm, usually careful; the other aggressive, spirited and pointed in conviction — could hardly provide New Hampshire voters with two more different candidates to choose from, in style, focus or substance.

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